Matt8838 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hello All, My question is will Recuva work recovering files/data on a floppy disk and allow me to save it to a different directory so that I may put it on a new floppy disk? I have a program that is dos based and company no longer sells the software. When I tried once to read it, I was getting error messages and to run scan disk to repair disk. Any suggestions before I start this process? Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 24, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 24, 2013 Yes, Recuva works on floppy disks as I once had to use it on one of them myself although the floppy disk I had didn't produce any errors to run a disk error check so your results and/or luck may differ if it's actually disk damage causing the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted March 24, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 24, 2013 @matt, it is a fairly common problem when trying to access old floppies (circa Win98) on XP and onwards PC's. I've came across it many times, mainly when 2000 & XP came out. the only way I've managed to access those floppies was to use the same floppy disc in the same floppy unit in the new PC. because the data I was chasing was never too critical, I never pinpointed the exact cause, but I think it had something to do with head alignment, because if you let the PC reformat the disc, it was useable again. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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